Reticulate Ice Veins in Permafrost, Northern Canada
A reticulate ice vein network is of common occurrence in many lake and marine clays, glacial tills, and mudflow deposits in permafrost areas of northern Canada. The ice vein network may grade downward into high ice content soils at depth. Field observations suggest that the reticulate ice veins grew...
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crcansciencepubl:10.1139/t74-019 2024-06-23T07:53:37+00:00 Reticulate Ice Veins in Permafrost, Northern Canada Mackay, J. Ross 1974 http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/t74-019 http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/t74-019 en eng Canadian Science Publishing http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/page/about/CorporateTextAndDataMining Canadian Geotechnical Journal volume 11, issue 2, page 230-237 ISSN 0008-3674 1208-6010 journal-article 1974 crcansciencepubl https://doi.org/10.1139/t74-019 2024-05-24T13:05:54Z A reticulate ice vein network is of common occurrence in many lake and marine clays, glacial tills, and mudflow deposits in permafrost areas of northern Canada. The ice vein network may grade downward into high ice content soils at depth. Field observations suggest that the reticulate ice veins grew in vertical and horizontal shrinkage cracks, with much of the water being derived from the adjacent clay, in a semiclosed freezing system, rather than from an upward migration of water in an open system. The three-dimensional geometry of the ice vein network is a factor to be considered in drill hole sampling, thaw–consolidation studies, and differential settlement estimates. Article in Journal/Newspaper Ice permafrost Canadian Science Publishing Canada Canadian Geotechnical Journal 11 2 230 237 |
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A reticulate ice vein network is of common occurrence in many lake and marine clays, glacial tills, and mudflow deposits in permafrost areas of northern Canada. The ice vein network may grade downward into high ice content soils at depth. Field observations suggest that the reticulate ice veins grew in vertical and horizontal shrinkage cracks, with much of the water being derived from the adjacent clay, in a semiclosed freezing system, rather than from an upward migration of water in an open system. The three-dimensional geometry of the ice vein network is a factor to be considered in drill hole sampling, thaw–consolidation studies, and differential settlement estimates. |
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Reticulate Ice Veins in Permafrost, Northern Canada |
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Reticulate Ice Veins in Permafrost, Northern Canada |
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Reticulate Ice Veins in Permafrost, Northern Canada |
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Reticulate Ice Veins in Permafrost, Northern Canada |
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